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FALL (current):
• Greek
• Latin
SPRING (current):
• Classical
• Greek
• Latin
COURSES - FALL 2007
LATIN
| LAT101 Beginner's Latin |
| An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of Latin designed to develop students' fluency in reading and understanding simple Latin prose and verse. |
| Professor Yelena Baraz |
| Class 01: 9:00-9:50am MTWTh - Firestone B-06-M Class 02: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh - Firestone B-06-M |
| LAT104 Intensive Intermediate Latin |
| An alternative to LAT105 for students with two years or more of secondary school Latin who wish to review basic Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary. Approximately six weeks of intensive review followed by readings from a selection of Latin poetry and prose. |
| Professor Robert Kaster |
| Class: 9:00-9:50am MTWTh - 103 Scheide Caldwell House |
| LAT105 Intermediate Latin: Catullus and His Age |
| This course aims at increasing facility in reading Latin prose and poetry. We shall read selections from two outstanding authors of the late Roman Republic, Julius Caesar and Catullus. |
| Professor Andrew Feldherr |
| Class 01: 9:00-9:50am MTWTh - McCosh 24 Class 02: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh - McCosh 26 Class 02A: 12:30-1:20pm MTWTh - McCormick 362 |
| LAT205 Roman Letters |
| We will read a selection of letters in Latin prose and verse by Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, and Pliny between 60 BCE and 100 CE, in order to understand the place that this important form of communication had in Roman culture. Starting at 1-2 pages of prose (or equivalent) per meeting, we will aim to double facility, accuracy, and speed by the end of the course. |
| Professor Robert Kaster |
| Class 01: 11:00am-12:20pm MW-Hargadon Hall G101A Class 01A: 11:00am-12:20pm MW-Firestone B-03-J |
| LAT335 Roman Literature: Seneca |
| Nero's tutor and advisor, Seneca, also wrote the only surviving Latin tragedies - strange, violent works whose impact on the development of European drama surpassed even Greek tragedy's - as well as compelling philosophical treatises. This course offers an introduction to both sides of Seneca's literary output and will pay particular attention to the social and political context in which these works were produced. |
| Professor Yelena Baraz |
| Seminar: 11:00am-12:20pm TTh - Firestone B-06-M |
| LAT336 Epicureanism and Stoicism |
| This course will focus on the Epicurean poem of Lucretius, studying Epicurean physics and ethics, and analyzing Lucretius' poetic techniques. |
| Professor Denis Feeney |
| Seminar: 1:30-2:50pm MW - Firestone 3-8-J |
Updated
September 24, 2007 by Jill